WOTD – 24 May 2011 <span class="searchmatch">Jacquerie</span> From the <span class="searchmatch">Jacquerie</span> uprising of French peasants in 1358, from Jacques (a derogatory nickname for peasants) + -erie. (UK) IPA(key):...
jacqueries plural of <span class="searchmatch">jacquerie</span> jacqueries f plural of <span class="searchmatch">jacquerie</span>...
jaqueria f (plural jaquerias) (history) <span class="searchmatch">jacquerie</span> (a violent revolt by peasants)...
greater nobles.” 1842, George Payne Rainsford James, “Chapter I.”, in The <span class="searchmatch">Jacquerie</span>, volume 2, page 7: “Not above four leagues, sir,” replied the man: “it...
There crept in wolves, ful of fraude and guile. 1868, Sidney Lanier, The <span class="searchmatch">Jacquerie</span>. A Fragment, Chapter IV: Of him that spoke, and stopped at last, and sat...
dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf. Yankee (“little John”) and <span class="searchmatch">jacquerie</span> (“peasant uprising”). Alternatively, from dialectal English yokel, yuckle...
huilerie huisserie imagerie imprimerie ingénierie ivrognerie jacasserie <span class="searchmatch">jacquerie</span> japonaiserie jaserie joaillerie jonglerie juiverie ladrerie laiterie lamaserie...
jaune. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gilet, jaune. <span class="searchmatch">jacquerie</span> giletjaunisation giletjauniser → English: gilet jaune, → yellow vest (calque)...
jacque, from jacques (“peasant”), from the proper name Jacques. Compare <span class="searchmatch">jacquerie</span>. jack (plural jacks) A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one...